Speaker: Rui Alexandre Castanho. Associate Professor at the University of Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland. Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Dąbrowa Górnicza Institute of Research on Territorial Governance and Inter-Organizational Cooperation, Poland

About the speaker

Rui Alexandre Castanho holds an International Ph.D. on Sustainable UrbanPlanning in Transboundary Areas. He collaborates with the EnvironmentalResources Analysis Research Group (ARAM) - University of Extremadura(UEx); VALORIZA - Research Centre for the Enhancement of EndogenousResources, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre (IPP), Portugal; and with theICAAM—Institute for Agrarian and Environmental Sciences, Évora, Portugal.He graduated in Green Spaces Engineering and Agricultural Engineeringand has a Master´s in Planning, Audit, and Control in Urban Green Spaces.He has publications in the fields of Planning and Sustainable Development.

Abstract

In the last few decades’ Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) has gained a greater relevance, mostly in European territories. Furthermore, this new era ofcommon planning leads to the creation of several CBC projects and strategies.Considering the dynamism, interactions and relationships revealed through this projects and strategies they influence several different fields.Nevertheless, to achieve their purpose - a sustainable development and growth – the principles and directions of those projects should be often assessed and (re)-defined if its needed, avoiding negativeimpacts that may result from it.

Bearing in mind the multidisciplinary of the process, and considering the current European Panorama, all the involved thematic should be deeply studied, analyzed and assessed promoting to find new andbetter solutions for common issues.

Contextually, CBC projects and Strategies, as well as researches carried out on European territories, will be addressed and discussed.

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